[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-monsters-are-coming":3,"chapter-the-monsters-are-coming-monsters-are-coming-chapter-247":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Monsters Are Coming",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2250096,4069,"Chapter 247: Enemy Commander Stabs Fellow Countrymen in the Back","monsters-are-coming-chapter-247",247,"\u003Cp>The Primordial Sacrifice Altar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qi Sheng's consciousness swept across the Lingxi World.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During the initial contact phase of the Invasion War, the players' combat power demonstrated a one-sided crush.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, a small accident occurred during the invasion process.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One player was caught in a spatial counter-current during transmission, but incredibly, did not die.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only the connection between consciousness and body was damaged within the spatial counter-current.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The connection remained, but there was a loss on the memory level.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This state would not cause any impact.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the interesting part was that this player ultimately managed to successfully descend into the Lingxi World.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was just that the transmission point malfunctioned; he was transmitted near the station of the Super Beast Legion, falling in an airborne drop and smashing a large pit into the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon waking, he was completely bewildered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was eventually captured by warriors of the nearby Super Beast Legion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under normal circumstances, the Lingxi Clan would Haobuyouyudi  kill aliens.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the Super Beast Legion still followed tradition and conducted a physical examination on the player.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This examination changed the player's fate, which should have been execution.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The player's pure body was the most precious memory sac transplantation template in the eyes of the Lingxi warriors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This gave the player a chance to continue surviving.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even more coincidentally, the King of the Blood Pool Super Beast Legion had reached the end of his natural life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without surprise, this player, with his purest body, became the selected object for memory sac transplantation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He successfully connected with the Blood King's memory sac.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This should have been an alternative form of soul possession, but protected by the Challenger System, there was absolutely no possibility of the player's consciousness being modified.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, a bizarre scene unfolded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Blood King's soul possession failed, yet everything belonging to the Blood King was given to the player.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This included the Blood King's memories, the nervous system of the memory sac, and reproductive functions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the player was still in a state of memory loss; after inheriting the Blood King's memories, he believed himself to be the resurrected Blood King.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In fact, the player's state only needed to return to Emperor Tomb Village to be perfectly repaired.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was just like the Liver Emperor Legion transplanting talent organs within the Ni Chao Legion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After transplantation, the talent organs would operate normally within the player's body; only upon the player's death would all external forces not belonging to the player system be erased.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that time, the Liver Emperor Legion earned considerable sacrificial power profits through exactly this method.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This point can also be referenced by the injuries players sustain during combat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If a player suffers a maimed body during battle and this state is not treated with mall items, it will persist indefinitely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But as long as the player dies completely, they will be decomposed by the hyper-dimensional extraction power, achieving perfect rebirth through flesh-and-blood reshaping within Emperor Tomb Village.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Including negative emotions, negative memories, and everything else, all will be purified.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The player's original memories will not be affected in any way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This player's current state can be understood as severe injury, where the connection between body and consciousness became disordered in the spatial counter-current.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not having returned to Emperor Tomb Village yet, he remained in a state of amnesia.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, the player was like a blank sheet of paper.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Blood King's memories gave the player, who originally had blank memories, a sense of self-identity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, this player now firmly believed he was the Blood King.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Including the War Priests beside the Blood King, they all believed this player was the Blood King reborn.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The current situation was that their own player, through an accidental event, had successfully infiltrated the enemy's high command.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And not just any position, but one of the Eight Thrones at the pinnacle of the Lingxi World's pyramid: the Blood King.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was also the reason why the Challenger prompt rang in the player's mind when he killed the defector.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Essentially, he was not the Blood King; both his body and consciousness were that of a player.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the memories he was temporarily using belonged to the Blood King.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qi Sheng's gaze looked down upon the earth as the mighty Blood Pool Super Beast Legion surged forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What could be confirmed was that the player, believing himself to be the Blood King, was about to lead the Blood Pool Super Beast Legion to deal a ruthless blow to his fellow countrymen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cuixi City.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once a prosperous city, it had now Lunwei  a desolate ruin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The setting sun cast down, yet what was reflected on the ground were the fragmented shadows of buildings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking down from high above, the entire city was a mess, with some areas still burning fiercely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most of the tall towers along the streets had been violently torn apart, their walls riddled with holes, and architectural debris scattered everywhere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The collapsed building ruins piled up like mountains, blocking the once-prosperous roads.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The flying creatures that once relied on biological energy, resembling giant flying insects, now lay haphazardly overturned by the roadside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their wings, thin as cicada wings, had turned into countless fragments, and their compound eyes, which once shimmered with luster, were now dim and lifeless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entire city was shrouded in a suppressive haze; occasional cries of crows echoed from the sky, adding to the desolation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The players within the city were still digging three feet deep.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just then, a voice suddenly rang out in the regional voice channel:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Brothers, there's an airdrop to the south; get ready to eat.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing the reminder, the players Fenfen  floated up to look toward the south of the city.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the end of their line of sight, the earth was trembling slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, a blood-colored Black Tide on the horizon tore open the boundary between heaven and earth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a destructive torrent composed of a million Super Beast warriors, each a killing machine weighing dozens of tons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The hurricane raised by their running uprooted ancient trees along the way, and the roaring collision of flesh-and-blood armor made the entire world tremble.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Realizing that the Lingxi Clan's war power was about to appear, there was no fear in the players' eyes, only extreme excitement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Brothers, go out of the city to fight; the resource packs have arrived.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hahaha, so happy; I was just thinking about which direction to scour for resources next, but I didn't expect the resources to grow legs and come themselves.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Brothers of the Spell Legion, follow me out of the city to set up Spell Towers; my wallet is already thirsting.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Discovering the Super Beast Legion, the players Fenfen  changed direction, gathering outside the southern city gate to prepare for war.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Through the regional voice channel, learning of the war here, players in other cities also Fenfen  set out, rushing toward this location.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The blood-colored Black Tide at the end of their line of sight gradually became clear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Charging at the very front was the Destroyer Formation of the Super Beast Legion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was a charge line composed of six-legged behemoths; every claw on these behemoths was incredibly sharp, and each landing during their run left indented claw marks on the rock layers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On their shoulders, protruding biological cannon barrels were accumulating charge, with dark blue light flickering rapidly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just then, dense black dots suddenly appeared at the end of the horizon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A winged disaster cluster that blocked out the sun and sky swept over the battlefield as flying-type Super Beasts with wingspans exceeding twenty meters began to accelerate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On both flanks of the blood-colored Black Tide, huge bulges rose from the earth as Earth-Devouring Beasts burst forth from the soil.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These war units, resembling abyssal worms, were over fifteen meters long, their mouthparts covered in ring-shaped sharp teeth spinning rapidly like precision instruments.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the very center of this blood-colored Black Tide, the Finality Behemoth advanced majestically like a moving mountain range.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wherever it passed, the ground collapsed leaving footprints, and Super Beasts on both sides lowered their heads to avoid it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the missile nests on its back unfolded, hundreds of biological missiles were revealed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, the earth wailed under the charge of this legion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was one of the Lingxi Clan's top-tier war legions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having undergone the baptism of cross-world warfare through long years, countless races had been slaughtered by this legion, becoming merely a paragraph of text recorded in the history books of the Lingxi Clan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This legion needed no tactics, no formations, believing that a pure torrent of violence was the perfect art of war.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the player side, forces were also quickly organized.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A war Cultivation Mode with Monster-Flow players as the front line was activated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gazing at the Blood Pool Legion, the Monster-Flow players in the very front row all roared toward the sky, displaying an overbearing aura that looked down on the world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Subsequently, they launched a charging wave together with the Damage-Tanking-Flow players.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>War was about to break out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The blood-colored Black Tide and the player Black Tide collided violently in the center; the air exploded into a visible shockwave that swept in all directions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leading the charge, the Black Armored Snake, the Tearing Giant Lizard, and the Roaring Behemoth acted like needles stabilizing the sea amidst a towering wave, breaking through the Super Beast Legion's battle line with an unstoppable force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The leading Tearing Giant Lizard displayed invincible power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its green scales refracted a cold luster under the sunlight; ignoring the Super Beasts pouncing at it, it charged straight ahead like a bulldozer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every tail swipe could send several Super Beasts flying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The player standing atop the green lizard activated the Eagle-Head Demon Perception, causing countless rotating and expanding lightning spheres to rapidly form around them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the turn of a thought, precision-guided strikes locked by the Eagle-Head Demon shuttled through the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dense electric light advanced alongside the Tearing Giant Lizard's frenzied charge, causing Super Beasts to fall in rows.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just then, the sky suddenly darkened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Winged Calamity cluster descended; fissures split open firing chambers in their abdomens, pouring down tens of thousands of bone needles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under the Free War Cultivation Mode, with no player commanders, support-build players still reflexively and decisively unleashed their Light Shield trait toward the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The light screens linked together, forming a solid defense in localized areas.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bone spines struck them, raising ripples of diffusing energy, yet utterly failed to breach this layer of defense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, some magic-build players outside the defensive perimeter were instantly pierced through the torso by the bone spines, exiting the minor world dungeon before they could even enjoy themselves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These were mostly mages who had allocated points for extreme damage output; their physical strength was frail, utterly unable to withstand the concentrated strike damage of the bone spines.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Subsequently, thousands of earthen mounds rose from the ground behind the main player force, as massive Earth-Devouring Worms burst forth, sweeping through nearby players like tunnel-boring machines.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At one corner of the battlefield, a small player squad noticed an earthen mound swelling beside them; the squad leader decisively roared into the team voice channel:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Something's below. Doggy, you take it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The melee player called Doggy was enveloped in Crimson Gang Qi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon hearing the captain's order, he decisively approached the mound; the instant the ten-meter-long Earth-Devouring Worm burst from the earth, he snapped his hand up and unleashed Blood Soul Tether.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ropes coalesced from blood and qi locked tightly around the Earth-Devouring Worm's neck; then, gripping the blood-qi ropes with both arms, he exerted sudden force, yanking the worm forcibly out of the ground ahead of schedule.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There you go!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a thunderous shout, the Earth-Devouring Worm hung suspended, then was slammed heavily onto the ground by the player's brute strength.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The melee player leaped up fiercely, yanking the Earth-Devouring Worm off the ground again; twisting his body mid-air to generate force, he executed a devastating shoulder throw, smashing the worm back into the earth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The magic-build players in the squad immediately locked onto the Earth-Devouring Worm, unleashing an instant Mental Shockwave assault.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After emitting a brief cry of agony, the Earth-Devouring Worm suddenly went still; the Challenger prompt rang in the minds of the squad's players.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In this initial clash, the players held an absolute advantage in individual combat power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, the disparity in numbers was far more than slight; casualties were already beginning to mount.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Along the main front, the Apocalyptic Behemoth, under the Blood King's control, moved as if through an empty realm, possessing combat power that crushed nearby players.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, three black-armored snakes, each over ten meters long, lunged straight at the Apocalyptic Behemoth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Facing the frontal assault, all six pairs of compound eyes on the Apocalyptic Behemoth ignited simultaneously, while its fists retracted to its waist and abdomen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its forelimbs slammed down heavily, cracking the ground like a spiderweb.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As it charged power, the behemoth's tendons tightened like steel cables, emitting a teeth-gritting sound of straining fascia.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its fists suddenly shot out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The first punch smashed onto the crown of the lead black-armored giant snake; the instant the keratinous knuckles collided with the black scales, the snake's head exploded like an overripe fruit under the behemoth's heavy fist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shattered bone and brain tissue sprayed, sticking to the barbs on the Apocalyptic Behemoth's knuckles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ultimately, the splattered flesh, blood, scales, and other matter suddenly dissolved into black mist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pfft!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The second punch pierced the throat of the second black-armored giant snake, its forearm, covered in spiral bone spines, plunging into the snake's body cavity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As it withdrew its arm, it dragged out a spine over ten meters long, whipping the entire snake's body and tearing its internal organs into a rain of minced meat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tail of the snake, not yet fully dead, still thrashed wildly between the rock layers, knocking three shield-bearing figures flying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The third black-armored giant snake opened its bloody maw, attempting to gnaw at the leg armor with its sharp teeth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The lower-body muscles of the Apocalyptic Behemoth, under the Blood King's control, suddenly swelled; black blood vessels on its thighs bulged like tree roots.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It suddenly lifted its left foot and slammed it down heavily; the middle section of the snake's body instantly exploded into two halves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Behind it, a white giant bear pounced to bite; the back of the Apocalyptic Behemoth suddenly split open.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Twelve dark-red tentacles burst through the skin; the surface of each tentacle was covered with constantly opening and closing suckers containing calcified teeth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The instant the tentacles coiled around the giant bear, digestive fluid secreted by the suckers immediately corroded through its fur.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crack!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sound of shattering bones echoed across the battlefield.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As six of the tentacles constricted around the bear's body, dozens of blood jets erupted from beneath the white fur.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tips of the other six tentacles split open, revealing internal cavities teeming with fleshy buds, sucking the struggling giant bear dry like drinking juice until it became a shriveled skin sack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a casual flick, he flung the giant bear aside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the bear's corpse hit the ground, it crumbled into powder like weathered plaster, then dissolved into black mist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet what puzzled the Blood King was that the portion of blood drawn into the Apocalyptic Behemoth's body had also vanished along with it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The war continued; he did not dwell on it, focusing his entire attention on the battle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under his control, the chest plate of the Apocalyptic Behemoth heaved violently; suddenly, twelve pairs of gill-like spiracles split open along its ribs, spewing a blood mist mixed with bone fragments.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wherever the blood mist reached, two white giant beasts attempting to approach suddenly stiffened; their surfaces were visibly corroded into honeycomb-like holes at an eye-visible speed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its right arm suddenly clenched into a fist, bone spines protruding.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its mountain-sized body suddenly swept forward like a whirlwind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The heads of two white giant bears were severed simultaneously, ultimately dissolving into black mist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just then, several streams of ink-black fire flew in from the distance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Apocalyptic Behemoth suddenly opened its mouth, tilting its head back; the accumulated blood light in its throat suddenly spewed forth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To his surprise, three ink-flame fireballs actually pierced through the blood-red dissolving fluid he had spat, landing on his body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet this caused little damage; the Blood King's gaze suddenly snapped to a figure shrouded in ink-black flames not far away, his six compound eyes flashing with blood light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kill!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Countless battle memories surged into his mind; under the Blood King's control, the Apocalyptic Behemoth transformed into a god of slaughter on the battlefield, leaving no player capable of surviving a single exchange in its wake.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unlike the one-sided slaughter the players faced upon first entering.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, the players were facing the Spirit-Breath Clan's Cross-Realm War Legion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Among them were combat powers surpassing the players' Soul Soul ranks, while the Apocalyptic Behemoth under the Blood King's control possessed combat power exceeding level one hundred.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ordinary players simply could not contend with it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet during the battle, the doubt in the Blood King's heart deepened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He noticed something strange: when killing members of the invading faction, the peculiar voice in his mind did not appear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Last time, when he killed a defector from his own clan, that strange voice had sounded in his mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After that voice, he had discovered some slight changes in his body, but he could not analyze exactly what those changes were.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This made him realize that this new body was extremely special.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>First was compatibility.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under normal circumstances, when a Memory Sac fused with a new body, an adaptation process was required.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If compatibility was poor, surgical modification was even necessary to adjust local compatibility.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was also why the Spirit-Breath Clan chose to capture pure bodies; the purer the body, the lower the probability of compatibility issues.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The body he was currently using had no compatibility issues whatsoever with the Memory Sac.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It even gave him the illusion that this was originally meant to be his body; otherwise, why could it be so coordinated?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Secondly, he discovered he seemed to have mastered some formidable abilities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The usage of these abilities did not exist in the form of memories; rather, they were branded into his mind like a breathing instinct.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just moments ago, when the giant bear attacked from behind, it created a wind-splitting sound.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An instinct in his mind was triggered; as if he had practiced it countless times, like muscle memory, it activated a long-sealed switch in his mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the switch activated, a strange fluctuation suddenly rippled in the depths of his consciousness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A latent, powerful instinct suddenly awakened; like a sleeping volcano erupting, he found his vision spreading outward in all directions like a Black Tide.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everything nearby suddenly became clear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This extension of vision was not seeing with eyes; it was more like perceptual images projecting directly into his mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He saw the trajectory of the giant bear pouncing from behind; every single raised white hair was distinct down to the finest detail, even the blood droplets condensing at the tips of the bear's fur.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the contraction of muscles and stretching of tendons during exertion were presented clearly in his mind as if in slow motion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More wonderfully, he could not only perceive the existence of the giant bear but also sense all life fluctuations within a radius of several hundred meters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bloody slaughter between the Super-Beast Legion and the invading forces, dying warriors struggling in their death throes... even the Earth-Devouring Worms deep underground, all transformed into distinct points of light under his perception, flickering on his perceptual map.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This reminded the Blood King of a technique mentioned by scholars within his clan when researching brain development.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When spiritual consciousness is developed to the extreme, one can discard the eyes and perceive the world through sensation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was now in that state; every particle of dust drifting in the air, every droplet of blood flying, left a clear trajectory in his perception.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every instant was infinitely subdivided within his mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was also the main reason he did not need to turn his head to release the tentacles bursting from his body, accurately coiling around the giant bear sneaking up from behind and easily crushing it to death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the tentacles coiled around the giant bear, he could even perceive the flow routes of energy within the bear's body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This made the Blood King realize he had struck treasure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The potential of this body was unimaginable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With his perceptual vision activated once again, the Blood King, transformed into a god of slaughter, controlled the Apocalyptic Behemoth to lead the Super-Beast Legion in advancing into the city with an overwhelming force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ahead, three green giant lizards were attempting to form a defensive line to block him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Apocalyptic Behemoth moved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its right foot suddenly stomped the ground, its body leaning forward with the momentum of Mount Tai pressing down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With just a single step forward, the ground collapsed with a boom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, the muscles of its right arm swelled explosively; blue-black fascia tightened like coiled steel cables, while five earth-yellow claws tore through the air, emitting a sharp whistle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hiss!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The head of the first giant lizard exploded like a rotten watermelon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sharp claws pierced through its skull, the momentum unspent, whipping its ten-meter-long body up like a flail to smash into the second giant lizard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The instant the two behemoths collided, a muffled crunch of shattering bones accompanied the wet squelch of exploding flesh, splattering everywhere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The third giant lizard coated itself in a layer of green light, clamping its jaws onto his left calf, where the torn flesh sizzled audibly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was as if some corrosive force was constantly spreading.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the Blood King felt no pain; under his control, the Doomsday Behemoth's left claw shot out, its five fingers transforming into five flesh-and-blood spears that pierced the lizard's lower jaw and Guanchuan  its brainstem.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He then lifted the dying lizard and flung it away like trash, knocking down a crowd of others upon impact.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The muscles at the injured site writhed, new tissue covering the wound at a speed visible to the naked eye.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What puzzled him was that even after the damaged wound had healed, it continued to tear open again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet he detected no trace of any corrosive power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This process lasted over ten seconds before dissipating, the wound finally recovering completely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without further thought, the Blood King raised his head, his gaze sweeping across the dense forest of towers ahead that continuously released elemental energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His feet exerted force violently, the tissue on his back automatically splitting and reconstructing to generate a pair of flesh-and-blood wings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The spirit runes on the wings ignited, and he slapped them down fiercely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With just one flap of the wings, violent qi and blood energy erupted, propelling the Doomsday Behemoth shooting toward the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon reaching the region where elemental towers stood tall, the Doomsday Behemoth retracted its wings, transforming them into a massive blade of flesh and blood, and dove from hundreds of meters in the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The instant it landed, the ground within a kilometer radius shattered like fragile glass, a shockwave exploding outward in a ring that snapped the nearest eight elemental towers in half.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Violent mana turbulence gushed from the broken sections of the towers, yet the moment it touched the surface of the Doomsday Behemoth, it was completely blocked by the flowing flesh-and-blood armor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, the top of an elemental magic tower nearby lit up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Doomsday Behemoth's left arm had already transformed into a bone blade dozens of meters long; the blade edge vibrated at high frequency as it swept horizontally.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no sound whatsoever.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tower was sliced diagonally into two sections, the upper half sliding off before disintegrating.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Doomsday Behemoth's assault did not stop; its massive body arrived before another magic tower in an instant, swallowing the elemental energy before it could even bloom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An elemental hum resonated deep in its throat; suddenly, the armor on the Doomsday Behemoth's back unfolded, and its wings trembled toward the sky, neutralizing the force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just then, a tower entirely clad in azure frost suddenly blazed with blinding light, firing an extreme cold beam from its peak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Doomsday Behemoth neither dodged nor avoided; a roar of qi and blood erupted from its chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A heartbeat loud as a war drum echoed across the battlefield, causing the flesh-and-blood armor on its surface to boil and churn.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The extreme cold beam struck the surface of the Doomsday Behemoth, coating it with a layer of frost.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But in the next second, it was melted away by the roaring qi and blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Roar!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Doomsday Behemoth opened its mouth and roared, a terrifying projectile of qi and blood instantly shattering the frost elemental magic tower.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The dense forest of towers built by the Magic Guild players was destroyed almost entirely by the Doomsday Behemoth in a short time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, the Doomsday Behemoth locked onto its target nearby: the figures of players still attempting to construct magic towers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside its body, the Blood King's Iron Face twisted into a ferocious smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The wings on its back unfolded once more; this time, instead of flying, thousands of feathers detached simultaneously, reassembling in mid-air into a massive yellow spear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He hurled it violently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the giant spear flew, the air was torn apart with a sharp shriek.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The position where dozens of magic-type players had gathered was instantly bombed, leaving a massive crater in the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having successfully eliminated the target group, the Doomsday Behemoth raised its right hand and clenched it into a fist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next second, the feather fragments scattered at the center of the explosion suddenly trembled, glowing with blinding bloody light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As if pulled by an invisible force, they converged from all directions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Countless streams of bloody light slashed through the sky, like a crimson meteor shower flowing in reverse, a scene of incomparable magnificence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When all the fragments returned to the back of the Doomsday Behemoth, they rapidly reassembled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entire process took no more than three seconds before a pair of even more ferocious flesh-and-blood wings unfolded once again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The newly grown wings were thicker than before, with dozens of sharp bone spines extending from the edges, and bloody ripples pulsating across the wing membranes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Doomsday Behemoth flapped its wings violently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Violent airflow kicked up dust and dirt as the Doomsday Behemoth abruptly soared into the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After reaching a certain altitude, the Doomsday Behemoth hovered in mid-air, its six compound eyes scanning the battlefield coldly, searching for the core combat forces among the invading factions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, its form transformed into a streak of earth-yellow light and crashed down onto another corner of the battlefield.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon this impact, the Blood King crushed several nearby clansmen who were on the verge of death along with the target.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as the Blood King prepared to continue his actions, a notification rang out in his mind once again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Challenger Notification: Killed Lingxi Warrior (Super Beast Armor), received Sacrificial Power reward...]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Accompanying the notification, some kind of power seeped into his body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His body felt as if it had been blessed by some force, making him feel utterly comfortable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This unexpectedly left the Blood King stunned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The voice in his mind had appeared again!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seemed this voice only appeared when killing warriors of his own clan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An ability attached to the new body?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was clearly abnormal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the War Priest transplanted the new body for him, he had thoroughly examined the specific conditions of the new body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>According to the War Priest's description, aside from possessing a breathing organ composed of special elements (a Cultivation Combat Technique Organ), the rest of the body's composition was incredibly pure, containing no power whatsoever.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, where exactly was the problem?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The strangest aspect of this body was that no source could be found for the release of its abilities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The release of any ability requires an accumulation process, such as the breathing organ drawing elemental energy from the outside world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, through bloodlines or a mental network, it is transported and outlined, with the final step being the release.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But when he released the innate abilities of this body, none of the organs inside reacted in the slightest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was as if the mere thought of the ability caused it to activate immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, it could be confirmed that the body's organs had no connection to the release of abilities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then from where were the abilities released?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This led the Blood King to consider a possibility, yet that very possibility seemed utterly absurd to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Among things capable of defying laws, there was only one in his eyes: Rules.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During the long years of cross-world warfare, he had heard countless times about Rule-based abilities; this was a power only super-strong clans qualified to master.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mastering Rules meant possessing the power to defy the operational laws of the world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But as to how to create Rules, the Lingxi Clan had searched until now without any clue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The only thing they had successfully created was the King Beasts, which possessed characteristics similar to pseudo-Rules.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Doomsday Behemoth he currently controlled was one of them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside every King Beast, abilities derived from partial Rules, which scholars of the clan had painstakingly peeled away from the world's operation, were fused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This portion of power granted the Doomsday Behemoth the ability to devour and collect gene fragments of targets, thereby gaining even greater strength.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this portion of power could not be considered a Rule-based ability at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could not imagine that Rule-based power might actually be hidden within this body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet where exactly the Rules were hidden, he did not know either.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The War Priest had already examined both the inside and outside of the body; apart from the breathing organ, there was nothing special.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now was not the time to dwell on these thoughts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a brief moment of contemplation, the Blood King controlled the Doomsday Behemoth to plunge back into battle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With an overwhelming posture, he killed every invader encountered along the way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, the regional chat channel had already erupted in heated discussion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many players, after being killed by the Doomsday Behemoth, were instantly bewildered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon hearing the Challenger Notification, they initially thought they had misheard or had been accidentally killed by their own comrades.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It appeared as though they were killed by the Doomsday Behemoth, but in reality, before dying, they had suffered a blow of \"Hometown Power\" from an unknown source, resulting in the phenomenon where their eyes saw them being killed by a native of the Minor World, yet they were actually killed by a player.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But friendly fire on the battlefield was completely understandable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The game lacked a teammate exemption mechanism; many players started as novices, and more or less everyone had cases of accidental kills.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Players generally held a tolerant attitude toward such friendly fire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, this hypothesis could not withstand verification.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many player squads had their own chat groups.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After comparing notes, they discovered that the content displayed in their combat logs was identical, all reading:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Combat Record: You were killed by player \"Xiao Xiao Fashi,\" entering a one-hour resurrection cooldown.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The topic began when a player in death cooldown status posted a screenshot in the group chat, claiming bad luck and stating they had been accidentally killed by their own brother.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then a second player jumped in: \"Damn, I was also killed by this guy!\" (posting a screenshot).\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Subsequently, more players from the team emerged to join the discussion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This proved that a player was roaming the battlefield, slaughtering fellow villagers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Filled with doubt, they quickly relayed the news to their comrades still struggling in the Minor World.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before long, an analysis screenshot of the Finality Behemoth began circulating in the regional chat channel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The displayed content proved that the one commanding the Super Beast Legion riding the Finality Behemoth was none other than their fellow villager.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This made many players realize that a lucky player had triggered a hidden quest in the Dungeon World and infiltrated the enemy camp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon learning the truth, quite a few players erupted in curses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially those killed by \"Xiao Xiao Fashi,\" who all declared they would settle the score once he returned to the village.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Players could endure being killed by natives of another world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, if their skills were inferior, there was nothing to complain about.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As players, who among them had never been killed by a monster?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They could also endure being killed by friendly fire; such mistakes were understandable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But they could not endure a backstab from a fellow villager.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Facing the invincible Finality Behemoth, a Stone Statue Style player actively closed the distance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What greeted him was a heavy punch from the Finality Behemoth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Activating petrification to tank the blow, the Stone Statue Style player's health bar instantly hit rock bottom, and he roared at that moment:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Buddy, are you crazy? Even if it's a hidden quest, you don't play like this! Do you still want to survive in the village in the future?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Blood King heard these words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He understood every single character, yet combined, they made no sense to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ignoring the Stone Statue Style player's roar, he waved his hand to form a bone blade and smashed it down fiercely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You beast, wait for me back in the village.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bone blade fell unaffected, smashing the Stone Statue Style player into the ground, where he dissipated into black smoke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having completed the kill, the Blood King turned and struck again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The amnesiac player clearly did not realize that the number of his enemies was growing rapidly alongside his joyful slaughter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",5658,"2026-06-19T09:20:37.851Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","cba460924672e9e4fb9faca6cc1406dfe798f148544bc707854e38d49a9629ac","monsters-are-coming-chapter-248","monsters-are-coming-chapter-246",393,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fmonsters-are-coming-cover.jpg"]